Signs of Spring

My father walks Out on the hillside My father oft To the mountain goes Soon he'll spy Some sign of springtime A crocus bent In a field of snow My mother looks Out of the window My mother sees The cherry tree She calls her sisters One bright morning For George the robin She has seen My daughters too They'll quit their bedrooms Their hearts like streams Overflown Soon they'll go Down to the fairground And come back home Sweethearts in tow And the crocus knows (And the crocus knows) Oh the crocus knows (The crocus knows) What the robin brings (What the robin brings) Why the robin sings (Why the robin sings) His swelling hopes Overflow Our waxing hearts With signs of spring And my daughters too They've met the robin Hear him sing Touched his wing And they sun their cheeks Sweet as cherries And they lift our hearts With signs of spring Signs of spring Signs of spring